Moving goalposts to help youngsters tackle their problems successfully

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Alyson Rudd on why The Times Christmas Appeal is supporting Place2Be, an in-school counselling service

There is a primary school in Kent where the children will raise their hands in assembly and say they have an issue with anger management and would like reflexology.

But before anyone sneers at psychotherapy gone mad, they should note the case of Simon, a boy who in a school that did not value emotional support would have gone unnoticed and neglected.

Simon was a quiet, withdrawn ten-year-old. His schoolwork was poor and he did not have many friends. He was not naughty. He was a boy who could be easily overlooked. But Simon attended St Mary’s Catholic Primary School